Proverbs 6:27
Can a man scoop fire into his lap without his clothes being burned?
In context
24 keeping you from your neighbor’s wife, from the smooth talk of a wayward woman.
25 Do not lust in your heart after her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes. 26 For a prostitute can be had for a loaf of bread, but another man’s wife preys on your very life. 27 Can a man scoop fire into his lap without his clothes being burned? 28 Can a man walk on hot coals without his feet being scorched?
29 So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished. 30 People do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger when he is starving.
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 6:27 in the KJV
Can a man take fire in his bosom, And his clothes not be burned?
- ESV English Standard Version
— Proverbs 6:27 in the ESV
Can a man carry fire next to his chest and his clothes not be burned?